Vault-entrance.



T. S. SPIVEY.

VAULT ENTRANCE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 16, 1912.

1 89,018, 7 Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

UNTTED STATES PTENT OFFICE.

THOMAS S. SPIVEY, 0F NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE VICTOR SAFE & LOCK(30., OF NORWOOD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

VAULT-ENTRANCE.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, 1913.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Serial No. 773,835.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS S. Srlvnr, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Norwood, Hamiltoncounty, State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulVault-Entrance; and I do declare the following to be a clear, full, andexact description of the invention, attention being called to thedrawing which accompanies this application and forms a part thereof.

This invention relates to entrances of vaults, strong-rooms, moneydepositories, etc. i

It concerns more particularly the frame whereby the entrance is linedand which frame is so constructed as to render it adaptable forpositioning within the entranceopening, also to form a vestibule thereinand to permit of its ready connection to the wall of the inclosure whichcontains said entranceopening. It is also arranged to permit placing ofthe door which controls passage through the entrance, to provide meansfor its support and to guide it during manipulation.

The invention consists of the particular construction of such a frame ashereinafter described and claimed and as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1, shows a horizontal section of such avestibuled vault-entrance, taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2, shows afrontview of the entrance with the door opening closed. Fig. 8, shows avertical central section taken through the entrance-opening and throughtop and bottom parts of the door frame and as indicated by section line33, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, parts between top and bottom of the figurebeing broken out to reduce its height. Fig. l, shows a vertical sectionarranged in a similar manner but taken on a different plane and so as topass also through the side of the door frame and as indicated by line 4,shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6, show in perspective views, somewhatenlarged, certain details of construction, these details concerning moreparticularly manner of connection between the vertical and horizontalparts of the door frame.

In view of the hulkiness of these structures, the construction of theframe has been devised in a manner which does not require completion ofthe same before it has reached the place where it is to be erected, andwhich permits ready connection of its several parts, after they havebeen transported to the place of erection and moved into position.

In the drawing, 7 indicates portions of a wall containing an entranceopening which receives the frame and is lined thereby. Any availablemetal, preferably steel in some suitable form, may be used in theconstruction of this frame.

Numeral 8, indicates the side-pieces which form the j ambs of the frame.They are of a depth and height equaling substantially the width andheight of the vestibule.

Numerals 9 and 11, indicate respectively the sill and lintel-portions ofthe frame, they being in form of plates. They are connected to the jambsby means of anglerails 12, the horizontal parts of these rails makingconnection with the plates and the vertical parts making connection withthe jambs. The connection to the plates is by suitable rivets, bolts orscrews as shown at 13, in Fig. 5.

The connection to the jambs is by tenons 14 on the jambs received bymortises 15 in the angle-rails. These tenons are formed by cutting in onthe ends of the ambs as shown at 16 in Fig. 6, after which the metalbetween these cuts is bent outwardly as shown in the same figure, inwhich condition it may be received by the mortise. The result ing tenonis of a length exceeding the depth of the mortise, thus permitting thepart which extends beyond the mortise to be clenched on the angle-railsas shown at 17 in Figs. 1 and 4c.

The door to be used is of the sliding type and the arrangement is suchthat for opening it may be moved into the vestibule, thus avoiding anyobstruction of the passage. The door and the jambs are shapedaccordingly and form, transversely considered, cylindrical segments. Thefront edges of sill and lintel plates respectively follow this shape.The door may be in one or in two sections, two being used, as shown at18--18.

When the door sections are closed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, they form,together with the ambs, a substantially semicylindrical structure. Whenthe door sections are opened they move behind the jambs. They are heldin guideways 19-19, which receive upper and lower edges respectively ofthese sect-ions. The inner sides of these guideways are formed by curvedangle rails 2121, one secured to the sill-plate and the other to thelintel plate. The outer sides of these guide-ways are formed by thejambs to the extent of their width and between them fillets 2222 areprovided to reduce the space adjacent angle-rails 12 to the widthrequired for the guide-ways.

The door-sections may be supported by suspension at their upper ends orthey may be sustained at their lower ends. In this latter caseroller-bearings 23 may be used.

To permit an effective junction between the frame and the wall whichsurrounds it, flanges 24 and 25 are provided on the front and rearupright edges respectively of the jambs. These flanges are obtained bymeans of angle-irons riveted to these edges. In addition there is afacing .26 around the door-opening on the outside which is of angularprofile. Its inner portion is radially arranged with reference to thecenter of the structure and extending inwardly against the face of thedoor, covers the front edges of the jambs and flanges 24.- connected tothem. Its outer portion is substantially parallel to the wall and byprojecting over the same, covers the juncture where frameand wall meet.This facing provides an eifective finish for the entrance and-may alsobecarried across the top as shown at 27'. The material of the wall,especially if concrete, which is presumed, will readily'key in behindthese facings and between 'fianges 2 1 and :25, whereby the structure issecurely held in place.

It will now be seen that the several parts of this frame, having beenfitted to each other'before-hand and provided withholes for screws andrivets in the 'properplaoes, may be readily connected to-each otherafter moved to the place where the structure is to be erected. The jambsand sill and lintel plates are connected to eachother by means of theangle'rails as explained. Theanglerails are first connected to thejambs." Thereafter the sill and lintel-plates are connected and withtheir front edges setup close against the inner sides of the jambs' asbest shown in Fig. 4, to reinforce'thei-r mortise and tenon-connection.The door sections are'set into the guide-ways provided for them, thefacing is attached and finally the structure iswalled in in anappropriate manner.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

1. In a frame for'a vault-entrance, the combination of thejambs, silland lintelplates, angle-rails positioned where lower and upper edges ofthe ja'mbs and the-front edges of the plates mentioned'come together,

the-jambs being spaced and means to connect these angle-rails to thejambs and to the plates and so as to cover and close the joint betweenthem.

2. In 'a' frame for a vault-entrance, the combination of the jambs,angle-rails connected respectively to upper and lower ends of the jambsby a clenched mortise and tenon-joint and sill and lintel-plates set upagainst'the inner sides of the jambs and connected to the anglerails.

3. In a vault-entrance, the combination of a frame consisting ofside-members, sill and lintel plates, angle-rails positioned where lowerand upper edges of the side-members and'the front-edges of the platesrespectively come together, means to connect these anglerailsto theside-members and to the plates, a door fitted to the opening between thesidemembers and guide-ways provided for the door, the front of theentire structure, in-

cluding the side-members and door presenting-a oylindri'c'alsegmentalshape to which the front edges of sill and lintel plates conformlikewise.

4. In a vault-entrance, the combination of a frame consisting ofside-members, sill and lintelplates, angle-rails whereby lower and upperedges of the side-members and the front: edges of'the plates mentionedare respectively connected to each other with a space between theside-members to form an entrance-opening, a door'for this opening, allthese parts being shaped to form cylindrical segments having a commoncenter, angle-rails of similar shape connected to the inner sides of theplates and spaced from theinner side of the side-members to formguiderways' between them for the door, and fillets to complete theguide-ways in the door-opening and'between the side-members.

5. In a vault-entrance, the combination of a frame adapted to be walledin and consisting of segmental side-members and of sill andlintelpl'ates having segmental front edges connected respectively to thesidememberswith a space between these latter to form'a door-opening,asegmental door forthisopening, guide-ways for the door and'a profilefacing having an inner, radially arranged portion which covers thefrontedges ofthe side-members and extends also outwardly-to cover thejuncture of these members with the wall which surrounds the frame.

6. p In a vault-'entrance, the combination of bers and a facingconnected to the Wallflanges at, the front edges of the side-members tocover these flanges and extending inwardly beyond the point of itsconnection so In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature in thepresence of two witnesses.

THOMAS S. SPIVEY.

as to cover also said edges, it extending also Witnesses: outwardly soas to project over the Wall ad- C. SPENGEL, jacent said flanges. T. LnBEAU.

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